We delight in God’s knowledge of our personhood. As in:
Do we as readily embrace his challenges to our discipleship? As in:
Our lapsed or inconsistent obedience more automatically employs Christ’s Saviorhood than our bold, competent discipleship his Lordship. Though his LORDLY determination to rule equals his pastoral disposition to forgive. To achieve more balance, understand the meaning of BREAD in the Lord’s Supper. With the Eleven disciples, we delight in the CUP of Communion, for what Jesus does for us. The BREAD often remains simply what we take with the juice. But no…the BREAD of communion forecasts our devotion to Christ’s Lordship following forgiveness:
Rest assured: Matthew 18:19-20 refers only to settling disputes among believers, with no reference to worship. We surely won’t mis-interpret scripture to justify a selfish choice. What is clearly more evident:
Christians: dare we claim possession of Grace when we arrogantly assert our opinion over God’s Truth?
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